Czech interior minister rejects criticism over migrant quotas

Interior Minister Milan Chovanec has rejected criticism from Brussels that
the Czech Republic had failed to meet its EU obligations by refusing to
take in the migrants allotted to it under the mandatory quota
redistribution system.

In a letter to the EU commissioner for migration, minister Chovanec said
the Czech Republic was helping in other ways and was one of the most active
countries in doing so.

He noted that since 2015 the Czech Republic had sent 68 experts to the so
called hotspots to help with the registration of refugees, over 5,000 Czech
police officers have helped protect the borders of Hungary, Serbia,
Slovenia and other states and the Czech Republic has sent 640 million
crowns in aid to Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon to help deal with the migrant
crisis.